Starfire

I think this is one of the pics I took that showed the wrong side. LOL! I was still new at this whole crochet thing, so I had no idea which one was the "right" side.  Heck, its still hard to tell sometimes.  Its still pretty anyway, right or wrong.  

This is another Ravelry pattern and you can find it here.

Have a wonderful day!

Mrs. B

Violet Crochet Square

The corners are a little wonky, but I am pretty sure that's because I added a row or wasn't paying attention.  (Most likely the latter - lol)

This is a a Ravelry pattern and you can find it here.

Have a fabulous day!

Mrs. B.

Yarn Clouds

The texture on this one is awesome.  It helped build some skills for me as well. The color possibilities are endless with this.  

You can find the pattern here.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Mrs. B.

Purple Passion Heart Square

Miss J would have taken a whole blanket made from this square.  It would be adorable as a baby blanket, I think.  

You can find the pattern here.

Have a great day!

Mrs B.

Versailles Square

This is another square I enjoyed. It would look really good in various colors as well as a single color.  

This is a free pattern from Ravelry and you can find it here.

Have a beautiful day!

Mrs. B

On the Huh Square

This one was interesting. While it is not a difficult square, it was challenging to my inexperienced fingers (at the time).  If I remember correctly, I added a few rounds to make it bigger. 

You can find the pattern here.

I hope you have a most wonderful day

Mrs B

Bunnies, Balls and Blankies!

A young lady with whom my eldest daughter danced with (oh my goodness that was a long time ago) is about to have her second child. Her eldest little girl and my youngest danced together and became bestest buddies. 

There are so many of my eldest's friends who are having babies - not to mention my own friends, it's tough to keep up, but this time I got something done. YAY! Even before the baby is born! Double YAY!

Allow me to introduce Emma....

I got her pattern from the book Edward's Menagerie by Kerry Lord.  (psssssst, I found mine on sale at Barnes and Noble). This little cutie is destined for the big sister.  I did add to the pattern, in that I added some pink under her ears to match the pink nose.  I kind of made it up as I went. 6sc for about 6 rows then reduced it as evenly as possible every other row until 1sc is left.  Bind off with a long tail and then whip stitch it on to the inside of the ear, widest part nearest to the head.  I had to be careful to only attach it to the underside layer (the ear is made in the round), so the pink doesn't show through.  The patterns are written in UK terms, which I totally didn't realize at first, the bunny was looking kind of funky. lol!

Next up is the Amish Puzzle toy.  I was looking for something other than a stuffed animal (so that the bunny was special for the big sister).  I came across this....

This toy is awesome.   A bit of a booger to fit together, but awesome none the less.  If you want to make one for yourself you can find the pattern here

Finally we come to the blanket. Its call Gingham Blanket by Bernat Studios. As usual I went a little overboard on the squares and many a couple too many...They'll make great coasters, *snort*

I've decided that I really do need a special place set up just for pictures. Outside doesn't always work and our bedroom (where the above two pictures were taken and yes that's a clean sheet  - ewww) while having the best light, doesn't really bode well for some pics, ya know like food.  Woohoo!! Something else for Mr Bissinger to build! I'm sure he'll be thrilled for yet another project, not that he doesn't have several others lined up already.

Have a most fabulous day!

Mrs B

More Vs Please Square

Oh Good Lord, that right side is "slightly" misshapen. It looks like I lost count or got distracted.   No wonder I had an interesting time putting the blanket together.  Again I added rows to try and keep squares about the same size. I wasn't very confident in what I was doing on the corners, so I think I *slightly* over compensated.  Outside of my errors, this really is a pretty square.

You can find the pattern here.


Have a wonderful day!

Mrs Bissinger

Lemony Lime Citrus Square

Whew, finally found one that ALL my corners are wonky *snort* Meh, it happens.  While it "could" be it needed to be blocked, I know that these errors are most assuredly mine and not the various patterns , because I'm sure my gauge was off.  The off white yarn was slightly thinner than the lilac yarn, so that threw things off a bit as well.


You can find the pattern here.

Have a wonderful day!

Mrs Bissinger

Impossible Hexagon

Annnnd again, my corners are wonky.  Apparently I hadn't learned how to keep the sides even, lol.  I find it funny that all the pictures thus far have the wonky corner on the bottom left. As if I planned it that way, lol.

This pattern is from archived web page, scroll down a bit to get to the pattern, here.

Have a great day!

Mrs Bissinger

Grandma's Heart Square

This was interesting to do as the white part of the heart is done outlining it after the square is complete.  This is another Ravelry download that you can find here.

Have a most wonderful day!

Mrs Bissinger

Granny's Easier Star

Woo doggy, talk about out of my comfort zone for this one, and this is the easier one, lol!  The blogger/designer does a good job of explaining the pattern and I got it. Any confusion was more to do with my lack of experience on my part.    I want to do the other pattern, I just haven't had the opportunity as of yet.

You can find the pattern here.


Have a great day!

Mrs Bissinger

Framed Flower Square

This is a download from Facebook.  I will include both that link and the Ravelry link, just in case  one or the other doesn't work.

Facebook Download: here
Ravelry Link: here

Have a lovely day!

Mrs Bissinger

Flowery Square

At the time this was a stretch for my skill set. It's not hard, necessarily.  It just wasn't something I had done before.  I needed to add rows to match my other squares and the left bottom corner is wonky.  Again, lol.

Surprise! I have a blog link this time! You can find the pattern here.

I hope you have a great day!

Mrs Bissinger

Falling Star Square

I really liked this one, as well.  I had to add several rows to make it match the other squares.  I'm pretty sure that it was me and my gauge (or lack thereof, as the case may be).

This is also a ravelry download, you can find it here.


Have a beautiful day!

Mrs Bissinger

Butterfly Garden

I love this one. If I hadn't already made other granny squares, I would have done the entire blanket in this pattern.

Again, this is a Ravelry download and you can find it here.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Mrs Bissinger

Blooming Lace

Here is another square I did for Miss J's blanket.  The bottom left corner is a little wonky, but I am pretty sure that was me and not the pattern.  I needed to add a few rows to several of the squares to make them about the same size and I think I zigged when I should have zagged on this one. Live and learn.

You can find the pattern here. This is another Ravelry download, but again, its free. I'm frugal like that. Yeah, frugal, that's it. :-)

Have a beautiful day!

Mrs Bissinger

Blooming Granny

A while back.. ok. ok more like a year ago. Geez details, schmetails, lol.  I had started posting about the various  granny squares I had done for a blanket for Miss J.  This is a continuation of said series.  I will link the blog/pattern/website, but I won't repeat the patterns here.  They aren't mine.  Several may be downloads (I only downloaded free patterns for this blanket) from a website called Ravelry.com.  You have to register, but it is free.

This particular pattern is called Blooming Granny and you can find the pattern here. This is a Ravelry download, but again it is free to join.

Have a fabulous day!

Mrs Bissinger

Victorian Dream Square

Victorian Dream Square

This is, by far, my most favorite of the granny squares I did for Miss J's blanket.  You can find the pattern here.  If I hadn't started with other squares, I would have probably done the whole blanket with this particular square.  I believe I added a couple of rounds to match the size of the other squares.


More to come.

Have a most fabulous day.

Mrs Bissinger

Maggie's Square

DOH! I totally forgot to mention yesterday that while we were at lunch with my in-laws, I received a bunch of yarn and knitting needles from my lovely SIL.  Apparently a friend of hers is a military wife who originally had 3 months to prepare to move, as these things have a habit of occurring with the military, it was changed to 3 weeks.  She had to pack up quick, efficiently and ended up giving up some of stash of yarn and needles.      Not that I need anymore yarn (as I am sure Mr B would agree to), but hello? Free? Need I say more? ;-) I haven't had a chance to take pics yet, so I'll include them in an upcoming post.

So this is the third square I completed, you can find the pattern here.  This particular pattern is not a Ravelry download, so if you hadn't joined to get the other patterns, no worries.  I'm trying to vary the amount of purple from one square to another, but this one I think I went a little overboard, lol. oh well.  Obviously there are a multitude of color combinations someone can use, just using what I have in large quantities. Mr B should be happy in that, yes? *crosses fingers* :-D

Heh, I think this one is backwards too. *snort*


I used Caron's One Pound in Lilac for the middle and Red Heart Super Size in Aran (gifted to me from my MIL in her own stash busting ventures).  The Aran is slightly lighter in weight than the Lilac and in most of them (so far) it hasn't made too much of a difference.  I still need to block them.


I hope you have a fantastic day!

Mrs. Bissinger